An Indian fighter and triumphant general of the war of 1812, Andrew Jackson was the people’ man. He was their hero. The first president to have risen from common roots, he was celebrated and lionized. His name was put on to the suffrage of white males and the expansion of democracy that occurred during his time. Jackson himself may not be responsible for everything that is considered to be part of Jacksonian democracy, but the era …showed first 75 words of 1009 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1009 total…states that the “system for nominating candidates changed during the era but thought the change was a significant one, it did not give power over nominations to Tom, Dick and Harry,” (159). It actually the power to “the shrewd, ambitious, wealthy, and the able politicians who knew how to flatter them,” (347). In the sense that the common man did not really get any real influence in government , there was no real winner in the Jacksonian democracy.